Chapter 202: Twisted Neck Musket
This is a sunny day. For the people of Falea continent, such weather is rare. Winter has just passed, and the arrival of spring has made the land full of vitality. The following April will be the so-called rainy season, so take advantage of this opportunity
This kind of good weather is just the right time to take out the bedding and other things to dry in the sun, so that in the coming rainy April, you can still feel warm instead of cold and wet.
Since Claude occupied the large courtyard behind the treatment center as a training ground for his new recruits, Dr. Perrent had to ask the medical soldiers to dry their bedding and everything in the large playground when the protest was ineffective. Now the large playground
It was already covered with clothes and bedding that the soldiers in the military camp took out to dry. The medical soldiers at the treatment center finally found a little open space in the corner of the large playground to dry their things.
Claude can now go out and move around freely. He is now watching Belklin training the new recruits assigned to him. Aboyev, Murield, and Diavid, three noble children, have just recovered from their injuries and are now training.
Sitting in the yard while basking in the sun, he mocked mercilessly and was furious because the training of the new recruits was not up to standard. The extremely annoyed Berkrin.
In Claude's eyes, only nine of the twenty-seven recruits truly meet the requirements for soldiers. The remaining eighteen recruits have various problems. Seven of them react one beat slower than ordinary people. File
The slowness in the previous personal comment is not an exaggerated adjective. Just like when Belklin ordered to stand at attention, they reacted much slower than other soldiers. Basically, they only understood after others had completed the action, even if they had tried very hard.
This fact cannot be changed.
There is nothing surprising about this. The time traveler had a classmate in elementary school in his previous life. The same was true. The other students who were taught by the teacher understood everything, but he just couldn’t understand or think clearly. When he went home to do his homework, others only used one
hours, he had to do three or four hours. He could still keep up with Chinese, but he was last in mathematics because he couldn't understand it, even if he tried very hard, it was useless. His family took him to see a doctor, and the doctor said that he
His brain develops slower than others, so the best way is to let him delay studying for two years, but he refuses.
He barely graduated from elementary school, but he couldn't keep up with junior high school and had no choice but to drop out of school. Since then, there has been no news. Twenty years later, the time traveler returned to his hometown once and unexpectedly saw him on TV. It turned out that this classmate dropped out of school.
I went to learn sculpture and worked hard because of my concentration. As a result, I have now become a master of sculpture craftsmanship.
There are still eleven recruits who are not qualified recruits at all. Two of them are idiots, and the others are more or less mentally ill. For example, the one whose whole body keeps shaking when standing, and the one who is afraid
The voice was so loud that as soon as he heard Belklin yelling the command, he squatted down and refused to get up...
Obviously, these are the areas where conscripts are being recruited. Anyway, as long as they are healthy and their hands and feet are intact, they will send these people to the army regardless. First, they save them the trouble of taking care of them. Second, they can use these people.
To replace the draft quota as a favor. For some rich and powerful people, the later the children of their own families enlist in the army, the safer it is.
After stopping the training, Claude asked Belklin to come over, pick up the book in which he had written down the names after observing the past few days, and said to him: "These nine people train normally, you are responsible. These eight people are slow to respond."
Murray Ed is in charge. Among the other eleven people, Mike is still young and will run errands with me first. The other ten form a separate team. There is no need to train them. They can't be trained anyway. Let them learn.
Just line up and let them carry the stretcher."
Murray was a little dissatisfied: "Boss, these eight are so slow to respond. I have no confidence in training them well."
"You are almost in good health now. There is no need to watch the excitement. I need your help. It is true that these eight people react slowly, but they just respond slower to the commands given. Because they need to think in their minds
They understand what the command they just heard is what they want to do, and they react after thinking about it. This is a step slower than ordinary people. In fact, their reaction to external stimuli is the same as that of normal people. I once threw it next to them.
A jar, they, like all the soldiers who heard the sound, turned their heads almost at the same time..." Claude didn't want to make Murield feel dissatisfied, so he explained in more detail.
"But what does this mean? They still can't become qualified soldiers." Murray Ed still couldn't figure it out.
Claude smiled and patted his shoulder: "What I mean is that their training is different from others. They don't need to train to march in formation and fire volleys together. With their reaction speed, when they advance together with other soldiers,
And when they hear the order to fire a salvo, their reaction will indeed be very slow and they will be unable to coordinate the steps of the salvo.
But what we want to set up is a security team, responsible for the security and patrol of field treatment centers. Their daily tasks are nothing more than standing guard and sentry. If they are asked to take on such tasks, they can still be competent. Although they are slow to respond, they themselves understand this.
But they work harder than others, and I see that their training attitude is very serious and hard-working, so I give them this opportunity."
"Okay, then I'll try to lead them first." Murray Ed agreed.
"Well, I'll give you a copy of their training method. It's very simple. Just follow it." Claude nodded. The two most basic teams have been mostly formed. The next step is to think about it.
, but I still need some training props and equipped weapons.
Obviously, whether it is a normal nine-man squad or a slow eight-man squad, their musket volleys obviously do not have the same shooting power as ordinary combat squads. What Claude is wondering is whether he can use the guns issued to them.
A sight is installed on the musket, and the accuracy of shooting is used instead of the density of volley fire to improve combat effectiveness.
Claude could entrust someone to customize the sight at the blacksmith shop in Gonigada City. He is not short of money. The problem is that he needs to go to the battalion headquarters to find out whether modifying the musket in this way will carry a weapon on his back.
The crime of modifying a gun for combat use without authorization. This is a military unit. You have to be cautious in everything you say and do. It's not like when I was in Bailu Town, I could come wherever I wanted.
Entering the training office at the battalion headquarters, Claude was attracted by the musket placed on Second Lieutenant Most's desk at first sight. Otherwise, this musket looked very familiar, and Claude had modified it before.
After passing it, the finished product is exactly the same as the musket placed on the table now.
Claude thought of the letter he received from Viriclo from the capital more than a month ago. The letter asked Claude for forgiveness because of his matchlock gun that had been modified by Claude.
It was requisitioned by the Musket Research Institute in the royal capital.
It was all his father's fault. Uncle Kubrick showed off this modified matchlock gun in front of several of his old comrades, and wanted to compete with them on shooting accuracy. Of course he won, but it also aroused the interest of his comrades.
As soon as the news spread, the Fire and Robbery Research Institute sent someone to requisition the modified matchlock gun the next day.
Vericro didn't know that his modified matchlock gun was gone until he returned home after the recruit training. He had to write a letter to tell Claude the news. After all, this modified matchlock gun was also Claude's hard work, although
He also provided a lot of advice on modifications, but the modification of the entire matchlock gun was completed by Claude alone. So he learned about Claude's address in the Blue Feathers from Bock Al, and wrote a letter as soon as possible.
To Claude.
When Claude read the letter from Vericro, he didn't care about the requisition of modified matchlock guns. What made him happy was that he got the news from Vericro. So when he wrote the reply, he said it was fine.
, it’s just a modified matchlock gun, no big deal.
Unexpectedly, this matchlock gun that was exactly the same as the one he modified would appear in front of him, and Second Lieutenant Most had a sad face. What does this mean?
"This is..." Claude picked up the matchlock gun on the table. Yes, it was modified by himself. The pill box, plate cover, and matchlock clamping handle that were originally on the back of the gun were all moved to the right side.
On the side, sights and rear sights are installed front and back on a straight spine on the barrel.
"This is the latest model of the Obash Type III standard matchlock gun. Our legion commander managed to secure a quota of 500 for our legion in the capital. Our 11th Battalion ranks among the top in combat effectiveness among the legion.
So I got a hundred..." Second Lieutenant Most explained to Claude.
"Then why are you looking so sad? Why don't you just give this gun away?" Claude felt a little strange. This is a good gun. Although the Musket Research Institute in the royal capital stole his modification results and changed its name to Austrian
It is manufactured in large quantities in the name of Bash Type III standard matchlock gun, but it is undeniable that this matchlock gun is of great help to recruits in mastering aiming and shooting accuracy.
"It was issued, but the soldiers were unwilling to use it, so they handed the gun back..." Second Lieutenant Most said with a wry smile: "I asked about it, and the same is true for the other four battalions assigned to this kind of musket.
No one wants to use this kind of musket..."
Claude was surprised: "Why? Is there anything wrong with this musket?"
I had the impression that there would be no problem in using the modified musket like this in the mountains and forests. Even my sister Anna quickly mastered the elements of aiming and shooting, and her shooting accuracy improved quickly.
"There is nothing wrong with this gun." Second Lieutenant Most was helpless: "The main reason why the soldiers were unwilling to use this kind of musket was that it was unsightly. They nicknamed the gun the Crooked Neck Musket. And the Sergeant Major and his colleagues
The reaction is that this gun is not easy to fire in salvos because accessories such as pill boxes and tray covers have been moved to the right side, which makes it easy for soldiers to use pill boxes and other protrusions as estimates for shooting based on their previous impressions when firing salvos while marching.
Based on the evidence, I don’t know where the result went. So they handed over this kind of musket again, preferring the Obas II type to the third type..."
Claude wanted to curse, but also wanted to laugh. Although the Musket Research Institute discovered that the matchlock gun they modified for Vericro could greatly improve the soldiers' aiming and shooting accuracy, they did not
Knowing how to use this modified musket, and still relying on volley fire to increase combat power like an old-fashioned matchlock gun, I really don’t know where we are going.
There is only one way to fight this kind of matchlock gun, which is to use the accuracy of aiming and shooting to eliminate the enemy. There is no need to line up and shoot while marching. Although there are some troubles and inconveniences in loading and charging, but
Soldiers can completely use bunkers to protect themselves and achieve the purpose of destroying the enemy, instead of striding toward the enemy's bullets with a matchlock gun to show their courage to fear death.
However, this situation now gave Claude an opportunity. He put his idea of ​​making a private sight out of the window. With a ready-made one in front of him, why bother to pay for it himself?
"They don't want it, I want it," Claude said.
"What are you doing with this gun?" Second Lieutenant Most looked at Claude suspiciously.
"Hey, didn't you assign so many recruits to me? Don't they also need to be equipped with weapons?" Claude became anxious.
"That's not what I meant." Second Lieutenant Most blushed a little. He had indeed forgotten the garbage dumped on Claude. But he still had some doubts: "Claude, are you sure your new recruits need to be assigned weapons?
?I think it is safer to give each of them a wooden stick. If they get a musket, they may get into trouble, and you will be implicated then..."
"It's okay, there is no problem with safety." Claude understood Second Lieutenant Most's good intentions, and he immediately assured: "I have selected some personnel among them, and I am sure that they will become qualified soldiers after rigorous training.
As for the remaining ones, I am going to let them carry stretchers without equipping them with weapons to prevent them from hurting themselves or others."
Chapter completed!